The Wittchen Initiative, comprised of Andrea (harp), Samantha (harp) and Alexandra (voice) Wittchen, and Dan Nosheny (on various low brass and percussion)--is on a mission to surprise audiences by the harp's versatility beyond traditional music genres. (Read that as classical and sacred music.....snore.)

The group debuted in early 2008, almost a year after the three Wittchen women put their heads together and brainstormed how they might all be able to perform together. After a friend suggested they perform at his bi-annual winter party, the ladies quickly added Dan Nosheny, TubaDan, to their roster and began arranging tunes that ran the gamut from jazz standards to country to pop and hard rock.

After the wild success of their private performances in the Spring of 2008, the band gave their first public performance in September 2008 to an excited crowd in Bethlehem, PA. Currently, the band is working on writing and their own songs, and they have just released their first self-titled EP.